*Youth Expo & Urban Café, Tuesday January 11th @ 6pm
Columbia Mall, 800 South James Campbell Blvd, Columbia
For the second year in a row the Youth Committee is hosting a Youth Expo that will provide youth resources connecting them with local organizations. This event is an answer to past panel discussions where youth participants, ranging from 7th-12th grade, gave feedback on issues that face them. In addition, data has been provided from a recent survey that has helped in facilitating the participation of specific local organizations. For more information, please contact MLKCCCYouth@live.com or visit our youth facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=168107918800
*Humanitarian Awards Ceremony & Reception, Friday January 14th @ 6:30pm
UAW Hall, 125 Stephen Yokich Parkway, Spring Hill
This event has been changed from our usual banquet. This evening we are going to focus on Community Unsung Heroes. Unsung Heroes are everyday people who contribute to their community through good works; thereby making their neighborhood a better place to live, work, play and worship. This event will also include a variety of foods, art and entertainment by the Jetts. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Please email us at contactus@amnestyspringhill.org if you are interested in a ticket. All proceeds for this event go to the MLK Collaborative Celebration Events offered throughout January.
*Community Clean Up "Unveiling MLK CCC Street", Saturday January 15th @ 10am
Starting Location: Regions Bank on Polk Street
Ownership - Service – Respect are words that exemplify the meaning of taking care of our community. As part of continued efforts towards “Unity in the Community”, local youth will partner with members of the Martin Luther King Collaborative Celebration Committee for a “Keep The Community Beautiful” project. This trash pick up project will start at 10am, Saturday morning, and will last approximately 2 hours. Afterwards the youth will take part in a mini youth celebration at Carmack Church, honoring Dr Martin Luther King by sharing their gifts & talents. To get more involved in this event, contact Catisha Asbury at MLKCCCYouth@live.com or Annie Hardison at anniehardison@charter.net.
Please Note: Volunteers between the ages of 12 and 17 are required to have parental consent.
Release Form (PDF) - CLICK HERE
*Community March, Monday January 17th @ 10am
Mt Lebanon Church, 218 E 8th St, Columbia
Walk side by side with others in your community! Please join us in a Community March celebrating Dr Martin Luther King's legacy while uplifting diversity and multi-culturalism in our city. The 2011 MLK Community March kicks off at Mt Lebanon Church and ends in a small ceremony at Columbia's downtown courthouse. City & state officials will lead us in a Proclamation as we honor the life and civil rights work of Dr King.
*Celebration Service, Monday January 17th @ 2pm
Columbia State Community College, 1665 Hampshire Pike, Columbia
January 17th will mark the end of the MLK celebration. It will culminate at the Columbia State Community College's beautiful Cherry Theater in a Memorial Service in honor of Dr Martin Luther King. In addition to our guest speaker, Dr Nelson Wilson, and entertainment, there will be several surprise guests as we gather in remembrance of Dr King. This is an event you do not want to miss!
*Introducing our 1st Listening Tour (replacing our Community Bus Tour)
Monday March 7th @ 5:30-7pm, Location TBD
In past years public officials, school officials, principals, teachers, and citizens got together to visit various neighborhoods in Maury County. The purpose of the tour was to broaden their perspectives on how our community can be improved for a better way of life for all those who reside within the community, regardless of race, class or socio-economic background. Now it is time to move forward from our bus tour and discuss what we learned, following it up with ACTION!
Throughout January's events we will have a table set up specifically for the Listening Tour. We want to hear from you! Share with us your everyday hardships. The more feedback we receive the more focused our Listening Tour can be!
*Community Service
The purpose of Community Service is to reach out and assist in meeting needs through offering our hands and hearts to serve while networking and promoting the overall well being of our diverse community. Community Service seeks to make a positive difference one person at a time. Considering others above ourselves, we expect no reward but only expect a better outcome for the community as a whole. If you are seeking an opportunity to be the difference by getting involved in the community, contact Community Service Director Annie Hardison at Annie.Hardison@charter.net to participate in any of our projects.
My Brother’s Keeper- collecting items for homeless men
Community Block Party- plans are to partner with multiple agencies and host a Block Party in the Macedonia area this coming summer
Community Clean Up- meets once every quarter
The Maury County Martin Luther King Collaborative Celebration Committee is pleased to announce the MLK-CCC Logo Contest. The purpose of the contest is to design a logo that will capture the ideals and spirit of “Unity in the Community”, the theme for the Martin Luther King Collaborative Celebration Committee (MLK-CCC). The logo will be used online, in print, on merchandise and as part of other MLK-CCC activities.
The logo must contain the words “MLK-CCC”. There is no fee to enter this contest. The contest is open only to individuals. No more than 3 entries may be submitted by any one individual. All entries must be original and not based on any pre-existing design.
Submit your finished design to Annie Hardison @ anniehardison@charter.net. Be sure to include your name, age, postal address, phone number and e-mail address. MLK-CCC members will anonymously review the submissions and make a selection. The designer of the winning entry will receive a $50.00 cash prize and will be recognized in the local paper.
All submissions become the property of MLK-CCC. The designer of the selected logo will not be entitled to any additional reward or pay based on the use of the logo other than the cash prize.
Put on your creative thinking hat, take out your crayons, your markers, your colored pencils and start designing your logo!
If you are interested in learning more about us or want to get more involved please send an email to contactus@amnestyspringhill.org. Meetings are held every Monday, in Columbia.